Drones Do the Dirty Work in a 'Self-Repairing City'

No more waiting for the government to fix that giant pothole. Soon, robots will automatically detect and repair city problems.

ith today’s advanced drone technology, unmanned aircraft can do all kinds of stuff: They can make art, help preserve Peru’…

Drone Autonomously Avoiding Obstables at 30 MPH

MIT researchers say their drones can safely navigate forests at 30 mph. Many inexperienced drone pilots crash their new toys in trees. This drone could make that a problem of the past. 

Walmart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup

Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with Amazon in using drones to fill and deliver online orde…

Drones and driverless tractors in the future of farming

With more than half of the British countryside being managed by precision farming methods, is the new agricultural revolution gathering pace?

The X01 Project: Build and Fly a 3D Printed Drone Fit for the Moon

The tech world has been booming recently with endless news about two of the up-and-coming industries of 3D printing and drone technology. Naturally, these two fields have seen a good deal of cross-pollination, the latest of which is evidenced in the…

FLYBi – in the “cockpit” of drone

The crowdfunded drone explosion continues with the features VR-headset FLYBi, a wrist remote and automatic battery-swapping, quadcopter designed to put you in the "cockpit," sort of. It aims to fulfill the promise of earlier concepts like Oculus FPV…

The newest tool in firefighting - Drones

A buzzing filled the air as the little white plastic drone lifted off, all four of its propellers whirring. Lt. Troy Wymer sent it zooming off across a grassy field, a tiny spectator looking down over the geese below.

Einmal mehr: Mensch fliegt mit Drohne

Wenn Bastler abheben wollen, müssen sie die Zukunft vorwegnehmen. So hat ein britischer Tüftler aus 54 batteriegetriebenen Drohnen-Propellern ein funktionierendes Fluggerät konstrierte, das in der Lage ist, eine Person zu tragen.

Maharashtra using drones, satellites to assess crop damage

NEW DELHI/PUNE: There are drones flying over the fields in Marathwada region, assessing crop losses due to deficit rainfall, as the Maharashtra government turns to technology to ensure timely intervention and compensations for farmers in an area not…

Drones for agriculture: We’re moving ahead

Call them what you will – drones, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) – this innovative technology has caused waves of excitement in agriculture in the past few years, and FAA has picked up the pace on establishing guidelin…